Petri Martikainen

TL;DR: It is suggested that the most efficient short-term management strategy to increase structural diversity and old-growth attributes in managed forests would be to apply harvesting methods retaining the old- growth characteristics that already exist in overmature and mature stands.

TL;DR: The beetle (Coleoptera) fauna of old-growth spruce (Picea abies) forest was compared with that from managed mature and overmature forests in southern Finland and the species richness of Coleoptera as a whole was higher in overmatures than in mature managed stands, suggesting the value of long-rotation stands in preserving species assemblages typical ofold-growth forests may be limited.

TL;DR: Results from current research indicate the need to restore and recreate natural fire-originated early successional stages where the amount of coarse woody debris is high, which is potentially a very effective way to sustain populations of several threatened wood-associated species.

TL;DR: It is concluded that dead trunks left in the clear-cut areas may host not only generalist saproxylic species but also many beetle species specialized to warm, sun-exposed environments, and such species may not be able to survive in closed forests.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored the richness of saproxylic beetles, composition of species assemblages and relationship between SA beetles and their substrate in managed and seminatural pine dominated forests.